Dispensing device



LEES. DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8, I918.

Patented Oct. 12,1920.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, I9IB.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

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NITED" "o ALFRED Lens, or BAYONNE, New Jnasnx.

DISPENSING Damn.

' Be it known that I, ALFRED Lnns,a citizen of-the United States, and resident of'Bayonne, county of Hudson, State of lew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices for mobile materials and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide in a unitary structure a container for the material to be dispensed and a cap-piece suitably supported thereon for regulating the discharge of the material therefrom, and second, to provide, supporting elements for maintaining the place of egress of the mobile material from the container at a point remote from the said container and the retaining elements of the cap-piece and third, insuring an even distribution of the mobile material over the area covered by the face of the cap-piece.

By way of illustration, I have shown my invention as embodied in adauber for applying leather polishing paste, and in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a-longitudinal view of my dauber ready for use; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view, partly in section, showing the construction of the cappiece; Fig. 3 is a view of the device showing a protecting cover in place; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the device; showing an arrangement of perforations in the face of the cap-piece; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal view, partly in section, of a modified form of my dispensing device; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of Fig. 5.

Referring to the figures of drawings, 1 is a container of a flexible material impervious to shoe polishing paste, for instance, and hermetically sealed at one end. The other endof the container is closed off by a soft material, 2, such as cloth. The natural porosity of the cloth is increased by punching holes, 3, 3, therein, the number and the size of the perforations depending on the character of the material to be dispensed.

The edge of the material 2 is inserted in a channel ring, 4. A sleeve, or band 6, of soft material, such as felt or leather, is interposed between the cloth 2 and the inner side or vertical flange of the channel ring 4, and extends downward a short distance ber Specification of Lettersratent, Pat ted f, 12, 1920; Applicatipn fi led Fe bri ary 18, 1918. Serial No. 217,758. i I

yond the normalbottom of said ring, and holds the face of'the cloth 2 in positionover the mouth of"th e -tube' and remote from the edge-thereof and from the edge of the channel ring '4. EA clamping band, 7, of anysuitable material, metal, for in stance, is then inserted in the channel ring 4' and compresses the cloth 2 and the sleeve 6 againstone side, or flange, of said channel ring. The outer edge of the channel ring 4 is then turned in as shown at, 8, and serves to hold the band 7 in place, should a tendency to slip develop when the device is in use. A cover, 9, is fitted on the outer part of the ring 4, when the device is not in use. The channel ring 4, in the type of device shown in the first four figures of drawing, is joined securely to the container 1 by a screw thread connection, shown at 5.

In another embodiment of my invention, the container for the mobile material and the channel ring in which the porous cappiece and its supporting sleeve are mounted, are cast in one piece. This arrangement is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, wherein 10 is a container having a lateral flange, 11, near its lower edge. The outer edge of said flange is turned down and under the outer edge of the band 7 and forced into a groove, 12, in said band, and thus serves to support and hold the band 7, the cap-piece 2, and the sleeve 6, in place.

The container having been filled with a mobile material, such as shoe-polishing paste, the pressure of the hand on the flexible container forces the paste through the porous covering 2, the amount of paste emitted depending on the pressure exerted on the container 1 and the porosity of the covering 2. The rubbing movement of the porous end of the container over the surface to which the mobile material isto be applied leaves thereon a thin evenly distributed film of said material.

The soft sleeve 6,"when the device isin use, serves to keep the mobile material directed against the porous portion of the cloth 2 and prevents the said material from leaking out at the side and over the edge of the cloth 2 and in this way waste of the mobile material is avoided.

Another advantage of the present arrangement of porous cloth 2 and supporting sleeve 6, is that the hard portions of the the container, when desire ing irom my IDVBlltlQll;

device cannot touch the surface to be p01- ished and the consequent scratching, or

streaking of the film is prevented.

While I have shown the cap-piece joined to the container 1 by a screw-thread'connec tion .(Fig. 2) itis to be understood that any,

frictional means of joining may" be employed, or the channel rin can be fused to -I claim as my invention:

1; 1.} Inadis'pensing; devicefor mobile Ina- V terials,the combination with a container, of

i a-channel-ring mountedthereon, a cap-piece closing; off; one end of. said container' andterminating in said. ring, means for supportingthe face of the cap-piece at a point re-- mote fromthe edge' ofr the container, and

, Without departmeans for holding the cap-piece and its support against the wall of said rin 2. Ina dispensing device for shoe polishing paste, the combination with a flexible container, of a" channel-ring mounted thereon,a cap-piece closing off one end of said container and terminating in said ring,

means for supporting the face of the'cappiece ata point remote from the'edge of the containelgand a compressing band for holdday a 

